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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11551
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14699
13 Actual Demand 11250
14 Aggregate Planning 12281
15 Air Cargo 10146
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6690
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34928
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15368
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19354
20 Assembly Line 22591
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23040
22 Average Speed of Answer 26605
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23232
24 Batch Production 38516
25 Bill Discounting 14605
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11301
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7192
28 Blanket Release 10073
29 Bonded Warehouse 10104
30 Booking Number 13872
31 Bottleneck 9584
32 Buffer Stock 59450
33 Build to Stock 13064
34 Bullwhip Effect 9722
35 Business Logistics 25839
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12615
37 Capacity Management 40750
38 Capacity Utilization 14167
39 Capital Intensive 8477
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8813
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12193
42 Certified Supplier 9001
43 Channel Effectiveness 8972
44 Co-Destiny 9343
45 Co-managed Inventory 12616
46 Co-Packers 11823
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6927
48 Computer-Based Training 7728
49 Consular Invoice 19881
50 Container Depot 10647
51 Container Freight Station 10310
52 Continuous Replenishment 19621
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12130
54 Contract Carrier 7349
55 Contract of Affreightment 11458
56 Control Charts 7994
57 Cost Flow 10324
58 Courier Service 15301
59 CPFR 8265
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11848
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44278
62 Date Code 18322
63 Days of Supply 19906
64 Dead on Arrival 9389
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7348
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8163
67 Detective Control 8953
68 Devanning 14263
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11015
70 Dispatching 24617
71 Distributed Inventory 8401
72 Distribution Channel Management 34899
73 Distribution Metrics 9194
74 Distribution Planning 24257
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15289
76 Double Marginalization 52847
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22452
78 Dual 5471
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20668
80 Echelon Inventory 26267
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38323
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49887
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7660
84 Efficient Frontier 25577
85 Engineer-to-Order 31840
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16620
87 Erlang B Formula 9390
88 ETD 8368
89 Ex Works 7868
90 Exception Rate 13550
91 Exponential smoothing 9864
92 External Growth 10133
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9565
94 Field Services 7773
95 Field Warehouse 10644
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8845
97 Fishbone Diagram 14663
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27153
99 Flow Through Distribution 12368
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8225
101 FOB Destination 13109
102 Forward buying 30271
103 Freight Charge 10451
104 Freight Consolidation 7576
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11787
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29656
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12742
109 Hub 23508
110 Idle Time 8110
 
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